Machine for making books



Oct. '9, 1923. 0 1,470,070

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5,7 u @rjf ATT6R EY Oct. 9,1923. 1,470,070

E. E. FREY MACHINE FOR MAKING BOOKS Original Filed Jan. 12, -1921 4 Sheets-Sheet 2 I N VEN TOR. 94

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E. E. FREY MACHINE FOR MAKING BOOKS MILE Z l xL I 104105 105 1'! 112 1 0 7i 7 01 102 100 -INVENTOR.

Q a N4 ATTOR EY' Oct. 9 1923.

E. E. FREY MACHINE FOR MAKING BQOKS Orig ma; Filed Jan. 12. 1921 fl IMM-Is 4 Sheets-Sheet 4 g TOR. I BY 5 ATTOR EY.

Patented V ELMER E. FRIEY; F ONG fiEAC H, .ei iiiriieiuli, iis sifqirojitfm'bfiids 530 MAC I E COMPANY Lbs AiiGELEs. ciiLnmR-N'Iig "FoRiIIA. I

To (ZZZ wim'm'it mag/concern:

Be it kno'wn that I, ELMER E. Fl lEi yaeiti-l zen of the United States residingat Bong Beach, inv the county of Les ligele and a machine which will assemble theeignw- 1m est-0 form 2'1 bookand which Wl'll su'cces siveiy staple the si are assembled.

Various other objects 1nd 'aclvantittes will.

he more fully appai'iit -fi'"0 m the fo i'owing description of-the accompanying drawings, which fol-In a "pin-t Gift-his disel'osu l'e, which illustrate afnefer 'ed foi'm of emmdiment f the invention,

Oi thedrafi'ingsr A Figure 3. isa top plan iew of the 111121.- chine. 5

Fi 2 151a 'i'ight Sic'1e e1eva tion. I Fig. 3 is it top plan View with the tile undinagazine reniovedl I I Fig; i is an enlarged Vertical section on line 513 -58 of Fig. 1. V 1

"Fig. 5 is iffront elevation "of the mechginism shown in: Fig. 3 fsome the parts ihe rear portion o'f'the rn'tch'i'n'e 'bei'ng'dmifi ted -1' 1-i11ssa1 eeclezirness.

Fig. 6 it 4 rear elevation of omef the steplingheiids. f

5 d epeisti'n'g' mechanism ivith the Cmil Shown in section. 1 l

MACHiNE-ifiit Ak'IitG 130038. 7

of anvil arms end an associateclsteqflin heed, Wlth one position of said; 11621 v iturez-f' In this case-it is eomempimdmo sy;

V Referrin tol igs '19, 2

. 7 their, order IOf fSQ'q lIGIiCB and secured-together 15-isi i1-side?elevzititin OfjtijlQ inchii-i-W picker fingers and: its Operating; "cam 1* 1g. l8 is adeftzxch'ed plan View ofo des; nated: by dotted-lines. f

ig: 1-19 is, an eleya-tienjef the bnc k'redge ezfayfinished booKkI-f 3 Fig; 20 is a :semifl-i'agrammfit'e. vieW showing the book signatures fs tapleijtoget'her and. with "the several 'isignat ires'aistrethed' apart. to; illustrate: the operation" bf 'attaLch' in'gth signatures together;

FiQEQLis "alsection-eli 1'1ne=100 -'a 1 securin g: each succeeding A section to the size ofsta-plesiiseci ii'ifftt'aehiIi-g the seet-i'dn's together. :For instance,- ifd'bbbkis Ppi'inteQf on thin paper of, say, eightp=tge sighatures,'" said signatures ay be softhizn thatjt w llid be 'impracticahoi' iindesi lfahle to'. stzi'ple ,iezv'cii g'ii'lt u'e separately to the adj a'c e'nt sign-a sen'ible-snci 'stapie inerejth2tn aglsi'ngle;

prisefit single signati' re or m'plui aiityof a? trche d leaves andin.othenifnstitn eg y 'desicriptien 1' is 'iden e the'sp eific'fdm illusti swings 4 7' 0 lze'f thedraw b. iii gs, {the book is; il'liistmteti h s? compiiised Tof v at or near their back ed es )re )arator to i b i binding.

- In Fig. 20: the several" signatures are shown in semi-diagrammatic form, the sig-c natures being spread-apart to show the rel- 'ative locations of the' attaching staples, Which in the book shoivn are disposed in. three groups With each group consisting o'f tvvo rows of staples, the staples of one row being staggered relativeto those of the ad jacent row.

- -The several 1"0113S-Df stables are soaced from each other suchdistances asthe nature of the book and experience will determine it i binding edge of the book; With reference to Fig.

being understood that thenumher of such groupsrwill'depend upon the length of the 20, the signature I l; for ex'amplejmay lie-referred to asthat which hasalreadybeen assembled-and at-- tached' tovthe preceding: staplesfii ln the ne ceed'ing signature l -ivilll'be assembled and nature 1" hy the stapled tot-he preceding: signature-1 by the staples 2 'Successively'th'esignature 1 'vrfll b sembledand attachedato the signature Play the staples 2 Whichare aligned (with the v staples 2, and the signature 1 will be assembled and attached totho precedine; signaturel dhy th'ers taples 2 which are aligned with thestaples 2? ;':andithis terations ivill he repeated."throughout the ence of op forming oflthe entire loooki V 'ons'I am able through which a singlestaple canhedriven,

The machine for making; hooks hy above described operations, consist gfenerally of: means" for successively assembling the-signatures and mt means, operating in timedgrelation to the assenibhnganechamsm, for -form1ng, driving and clinch ng the operating mechanisms of the upperends 'ot ithe'side 'fraines, To the rearofand'above the stahle is: aimagazine :Eor receivingthe loose signatures 1." 1 Said magazine*cornprises fioor'plate-E sup ported on :brackets 13 attached f; Y "frames. a horizontalabutment bar-'14 ex r ten dingiacross"theiinachine above the 017 Ward :edge' of the ,flo'or plate 12 and sup ported on braclzetslfi Vp'rojectinc u"; '7 fromg th'e side frames, andpa follower slidable on the floor plate and on: guide l the side rods -17 =projecting i horizontally rearward dfromand attached to the top portions of the the free end 0 t operation the S1105 'inent of the book. 7 7 1 p I In general terms the operating mechanism which move upwardly to engage thefirst' signature of, the pack and then downnmrdly compound verticalzandhorizontal. movement,

suitable driving-device, such as an elect motor, may he eutili'zed to drivethe gearf 32 which has fixed to it'a smaller gear 33,

looth gears being journaled on a stud shaft' V 'B L'Q-fiXed in the right hand side traineIO.

The gea1'33/meshes with a gem-35 ,keyedto brackets 15. T0 each of the brackets attached one end of a cable 18 Whichextends rearwardly and is passed over, a sheave l9 journals-d, on the follower and to i the cable is attachcita Weight 20; By'thi's 'a' rrangejn'ient the follower 16 exerts a i orward pressure on the signatures to keep"; the" signature pack pressed against the i'ahutment bar is}. The

floor plate 12 extfciidsv forward to a "point.

slightly rearward of the ahntment bar l4 ,(see, Fig, 4) so that the first signature of} the pack can be drawn doivii'ivardly able devices :here'aiter' described. r-l'ilidahle Eon the table is abloclqfil having a rear vet suittieal face against which the.formed hook 113R- gages, said block being relatively heavy and having stud-s the table to fguide the blockz. Saidhlock may'aptly be termed a resistance bloclein that it offers. resistance to the comprises vertically movable picker bars to bringsaid' signature to the table level in position for attachment to the hoolc oeing formed anvilbars.1 26 26v which have from a position between the-signatures ot the book to, a positionfin front of the last I 22 projecting-into slots 23 in feeding move- 5 T clinched staple, oscillating staplingheads 7 having \vire feeding and staple forming 7 means; and oscillating driving bars 2 the bar 28 carrying the stapling" l I A. Ward and operating'theflwirei cuttinggand staple forming means said heads and the bar 29 operating; the staple driving and the ,main drive shaft an v nst inside the The 1 machine illustrated in the drawings 1s desi ne'd to form hool-; s havingffourgroups ofstaples and is provided .WltlliOuif a .pai-i's oi": anvil arms 26%26? and tour smhn .heads 27 and; U1; the operation said heads shift laterally to bring them' first 1 into cooperative alignment Wit-h thearms 3 wire feeding meansi m o The several mechanisms are operated in}- tinied relation suitable cams on a main rive shaft 30 and a secondary drive shaft 31 journaled'in the side framesllO.

Referring particularlyto Figs2, 3, an

gevogei'o 26 andthen' into cooperative alignrneni'z with,

the arms 26 in' continuous alternation throughout the making of the books; as shownin'Flgs. 1 and the rear edge of the table is formed of an angle iron 40 providing a solid abutment against-which the several anvil members o age. Securedto the'un- Aa u 7 der surfaceof the table ad acent its rear edge I provide two transversely augustahle stop fingers 41-4-1 extending rearwardly of the table with their top surfaces flush with the top surface of the table. The fingers extend rearwardly beyond the forward edge of the floor of the magazine and the siga rod 4-2 extending through vertical ,slots 43 in each side frame 10, the outer end of the rod 42 beyond the left hand side frameengaging in a slot as in one endot'an operating hell-crank lever 45 (see Fig. 17). The lever 45 ispivoted 'en a stud on said side frame and carries ar'ol'leusw; engaging a eam48 fixed on the main shaft 30,- a'spring 49 maintaining the roller inf'contact with the cam: By this arrangement the picker arms 25 will beelevated'and retracted once during each rotation of the shaft 80. Each of the picker arms 25 have a pair ct opposed spring fingers 50' secured in their upper ends and contoured to form a diverging throat between the fingers and each arm 25 has an elongated slot 51 engaginga stationary crossroc '52 to guide the arnis'in a vertical plane during their movements. throat" formed by the spring picker fingers 50 is in vertical alignment with the edge. of the first signature in the nia'gaz'inepand.the picker arms are first elevated to project the picker fingers 50 on opposite sides of said signature with the signature wed'ging into the threat, the picker arinsthen being retracted to carry the engaged signature down upon the stop fingers ll with the retracting movement continuing to disengage the picker fingers 50 from either signature, leaving the signature. in assembled position ready to beattached to 'the hook.

The anvil bars 26 26 each have an an (Til blade 55 which which the staplesare driven rearsurfaceof said bladeis g 7 v at 56, 5, (see Figs. "7 8) p to provide} means 7 for clinching the free. ends of the stat les li ith partieulariefere'nee to Eigs will be notedflthat the anvils e; 1 pairs and byfreteifence to" Fig. it S explained lthat 'the anvil bar vi I 261 5111310 ions only i the driving and clinchingof the one row of staplesj2 2,"etc., andthe anvil bar 26 tunetionsonly in thedriving and clinch The terms backing against, and the upper;

foreyit will be evident thatfthe anvil. b rs 2626 "Will be alternately operated in stepped nieyeinents. The particular-sequenee of the operatiohs'oi" the anyilhians, as dia grammatically shown in Fig; 20 will been 7 l f plainedbefore going int-o1 the 7 details of the operating mechanisms i Assuming that the anvil arms26++26 are'in the positions shown in" dotted lines and thc vsta )le' 2 has been driven by the stapling'headfliiattach the signature 1 to thesignatuie g1; the anviliQG is then withdrawnfrom betwe the signatures 1 and l ia'nd projected an rear, of the stapleQF, Next the signature l is compiled and the stapling head shift? 7 ed laterallyinto 'aligninent' withthe a l and is'operated to d'rlve the staple 2 ,aat'- tachi-ng the signature 1 to the signatiire The anvil 26 is then Withdrawn from between the S gnatures l -"1 and inserted'in rear of the staple 2? in position" for the clinching oi the next succeeding aligned staple. The stapling head is again shifted laterally and the signature l cenipiled' and stapled to, the signature 1, thisQse'quenc-ej being repeated;throughout the" formation each anVilLaxrn is of the entire' book. "As projected upwardly it yes to contact the rear edgec-f the table so doin'g' it feeds the hool ialong' thef table age" k resistance offered by the resistant:

' Referring particularly-i0 Figs. 12, 13, each anvilarm 126 is'pivotallyconnected to the .rear' end of a rock le ver 58 andeach anvil armj26 is .pivotallyc0n nected' to the. rear end ofia similar rock lever 59, and between each anvil a-rin and itgvcompanion rock lever is a coil spring 60 exerting a circular t'ensiontending V tain the rear edge of the" anvil bar in sliding contact with a stationary"transverse rod 6l,* 11e endot' said spring 'being connected to the anvil arfir-an'di the-other endito the rock lever. v 1 v l w 2 Each pair of rock layers 58.59vare loosely j'ournaled' on a rod 621andare maintained in irelativ'e spaced relation by aninter ne;

diatespacingsleeve63 (see Figj llz) and are maintained against axial noyement on anti-iriet on rollers 65-7 66; each engaging intojfa respective jcainf groove of a double;

' 67 keye v, i on the} secondar shaft ii'l aims alternate he se uence reviously descr-V 7 y, t

hefrear edges ogt' efach I anvil :s rn el'eyatedposition. when said arm is retractedthe cam shou1der'68will be car to main--' 1 tions off the; 'respec i-ye cam" awawto torn; a rain shouldei fis which l I tedabeve'thei od 61 when the anyfila m as t the ock 21,

"eves vof thev cam 67 :are such f; it

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ried below the rod 61 permitting the anvil arm to be propelled rearwardly by the spring so that upon the subsequent elevation of the arm'its anvil blade 55 is carried upwardly in rear of the book and then moved forwardly by the ens; Q'ement of the cam shoulder. 68 with the l (31 to feed the book forward and bring saidblade again into abutting engagement with the angle iron d0 which forms the rear edge of the table.

The stapling heads 27 are clamped in relative spaced relation on a rock shattm by set screws which engage into a key" slot in said shaft and the shaftis axiallvslid able inbearings in the side frames 10 to bring the heads into alternate operative aiignment with the anvil blades A coil sori ng 71 see Fi 1G surrounds the shaft between the right hand side framelt) and a collar 72 fixed on the shaft and exerts a tension tending to propel the shaft to the left of the machine. t rock lever 73 is pivoted at 74 on the side frame and its rear end is connected with the collar 72 by a link 75, while its front end is provided with an anti-friction ball roller 76 which is positioned to engage the side of a surface cam 77. By this mechanism he shaft 70 is'shifted laterally at intervals timed relative to the operations of the anvil arms 26 26. ;A transverse stop rod 78 limits the rearward ,-movement of the stapling heads'and the distribution of the weight of said heads relative to their supporting shaft 7 0 is such that the heads are normally retained against the stop rod 78 by gravity and will'be returned .to such position by gravity when permitted'by their operating mechanism. Such operating mechanism comprises the two driving bars or clevis members 28 29 extendingacross the niachine between the side frames in rear of the stapling heads 27 and adapted to cooperate with the mechanism of said headsin a manner to be later described..- The clevis members 28-29 have downwardly extending legs S2-83"respectively which are'loosely journaled on a transverse rod 84 and at opposite sides of the machine duplicate mechanisms are. provided which function in unison to oscillate the clevisinembers. Each of these-mechanisms include a double cam '85. fixed on the shaft 30, (see Figs' i, 1%1; with anti-friction rollers 8687 which are carried by arms 88-89, engaging into therespectivecam grooves formed on opposite-sides ofthe cam. The arms 6 88 89are loosely journaled on a cross'rod 90 and their upper, ends are slotted for ad- 'justable connection with rods I 91-92, the

rod'Pl connecting with the arm 88 and with the respectiveleg 82 of the clevis member 28, and the rod 92'connecting with the arm 89 and with the respective leg 83 of the clevis member 29. The formations of the cam grooves of the cam provide upper surface of the stapling headQT- is grooved and seated to slide within the groove is a pair of opposedstaple forming plungers101 and seated medially ina deep portion of the groove and slidable be tween the plungers 100-101 is a staple driver 102 the plungers extending roarwardly beyond the driver when in normal retracted position. The sldes of the plungers adjacent the, driver are provided. with longitudinal grooves 103 of a. size substantially the same as the thickness of the wire stock of'which the staple is formed and the driver has companion tongues 104C engaging into said grooves 103. The wall of the head adjacent the plungerlOO is apertured to receive' the wire stock 105,;which is fed by mechanism later described and the front faces of each of the plungers and of'the driver are grooved to maintain the wire and staple against vertical displacement f during the forming and driving of the staple, A top plate 106 maintains the plun gers and'the driver within thegroove of'the head and has secured thereto journal blocks 107 in which is journaled a rock shaft 108.

carrying an arm 109, said arm projecting V forwardly and having a downwardlyextended nose 110 which .serves'as a forming block about the rear and side surfaces of which the staple is formed. fSaid nose 110 has a curved forward surface permitting it to swing upwardlypast the assembled signatures and a curved rear surface permitting the driving of 'tlie'formed staple coincident with the elevation of the forming nose,- thea curvature of said rear surface, coupled with the speed of elevation of the arm 109 co1n-.

cidingwith the driving speed of the staple driver 102. A rearwardly extending arm" 111 is attachedto one'i end of the rock shaft 108 and'earries-a roller 112 which'is'in position to be engaged by the, clevis member 29 to] elevate the arm 109, the parts be ng yieldinglv maintainedin the position shown in Fig. 7, by a coil spring 113 (see Figs. .6

and 9) surroundingjthe shaft 108 with one, end fixed to'the'body ofthe head 27 andthe other endflfixed to the arm 111. The rear portions of; the plungers l00].101 and [of the driver 102 have transverse grooves adapted to receive the upper endsof norrealizing leaflsprings 114: which are so:

cured at their opposite ends to the body of the head 27. p

Considering the wire imposition as shown in Fig.8a11d the stapling head retracted-as shown in Fig. tlle' forward movement of the clevis member 28 which contacts the plungers 100101 will rockthe entire stapling head until the front face of said head contactsithe Signatures compiled in rear of the anvil blade as in Figs.,7"and 8. A further forward movementof the clevis member 28 translates both plunger-s -101 in thehead the outer edge of the plunger 100 cutting off the staple length from the wire stock and both 'plungers bending the opposite ends of the staple length forwardly around the side surfaces of the nose 110, as indicated indotted lines in Fig. 8, to form the staple, the limbs of the stapleseating within the grooves 103 of the pl-ungers 100-101. The clevis. member 29 will next be driven ahead of the clevis member 28, first engaging the roller 112 to elevate the nose to free the staple from the straight portion of the rear surface of saidnose and bring the rear curved surface thereof adjacent the staple." By further forward movement of the clevis member 29 the plunger 102 and the arm 109 are operated in unison, the nose 110 preventing the 'medial portion of the staple from buckling and the plunger 102 driving the staplethrough the compiled signatures and out ofthcgrooves 103 of the forming plungers. As the limbs of the staple are driven through' the signatures they engage the curved grooves 56 of the anvil blade '55 and are clinched inwardly against the forward surface oft-he signature adjacent the anvil blade. V

The wire stock 105 is drawn from a spool or any suitable source 'ofsupply positioned in such relation to the stapling head as ex; perience may prove most satisfactory. Said wire stock passes beneath a. lateral shelf of a wire feeding slide 121 and also beneath a similar lateral 'shelf l22 of' a stationary bracket which is attached to the stapling-"head. "(See Figs 6 and 9.) Said bracket carries a spring pawl 123 having a toothed edge. which engages thev wirestock 105, preventing a retrograde movement thereof while at the same time allowing a free inward feed ofthe wire. wire gripping pawl 124 is carried by the feeding slide 121. The slide is positioned in a groove formed in the front surface of the stapling head 27 (see Fig. 7) and is maintained the-rein by a platej126' attached to the head. The plate 126ehas forwardly extending ears 127 which extend on opposite sides of the anvil blade 55 during the sta-' pling operation: "and serve 'to insure a proper" cooperative alignment of the head and anvil. The lower surface of the slide 121 is notched as at128 and the rounded A similar head of a feeding beil crank lever 129th;

a es the notch so that u on a rockin D V. C!

movement of the lever the slide 121 will be translated to feed the wire stock.

which engages :the {rear edge; of the clevis member 29. The roller 132'is adjustable in r a slot 133toregulate: the throw of the. lee

I TheleL ver 129 isPivoted at Jona bracket-.1351 which is attached to the head 27 and the,

free end of the lever carries a roller 132..

ve'r 129 and the roller maintained; in con tact with the clevis'memble'r 29:by; a spring 134 one end ofuwhich is attached to the bracket 131, the opposite end being attached to a. clip 135 on; the roller pivot stud .f An adjusting screw 136 limits. the outward 'throw of thelever 129.

Assuming that, thesta'pling' heads are in i position to first cooperate with theanviis 26, the operation ofjthe machine is as fol-1 lows. V

The picker arms 25 are elevatedcausing their spring fingers 50 to grip the first sig-Q nature or section'of the pack in the mega-1 zine and are then lowered to carry said signature down upon the stop fingers 11 which ii arrest the downward movement offthe'sig, nature so that by the continuedretraction of the picker arms 25 the spring -fingers'50 are d sengaged from' the signature. "The stapllng heads are now driven forward and the stapling operation performed vbythe forward movements of the clevis members- 2S-'29 as previously explained. 1

During the retraction of the stapling 100 heads the 'anvils 26 are retracted from be- I hind the, clinched staples, moved rearward and then elevated infront of said staples,

and in this elevating movement .the anvils' 26 are moved forward to feed the book along the table as previously explained.

Also during the retraction of the stapling I heads they are shifted laterally by the lateral shifting of their supporting shaft by" the action of the cam 77,.tobring the. heads into cooperative alignment with the anvils 26 for a succeeding stapling operation. This sequence is repeated throughout the 1. formation of the entire hook, the stapling heads alternately cooperating with'theam 1' i i 26462 t e P e a p g signature for each'staplin'g operation; andeach series of. anvils operating alternately for each shift'of the stapling heads." I

The present invention therefore provides plesofuniform length. I'cl-aim: r f V 1 In -ama'chine of the naturedisclosed,

tion.

2. In a machine 'of the nature disclosed,

means for successivelyassembling book seetions, anvil memberaineans for inserting the anvil members between the assembled sections, and means co-eperating with the anvil members for stapling each section as assembled to the preceding assembled section. i

means for successively assembling book sec ti ns, a pair of laterally spaced anvil memhers," means alternately inserting the anvil members behind the book sections, a staple Forming and driving device, and means shifting the said device'alternately into 00- e-pcrative alignment With the anvil memhers, and means operating said device.

i. In a machine of the nature disclosed, means forsuccessively assembling book sect ons, means for stapling each assembled "ection only to the preceding assembled section With each staple oflset laterally from 3. In a machine of the nature 'discl0sed,

the preceding staple, said means including laterally spaced anvil members, stapling device shiftable laterally to alternate co-n alternately insertin'gthe anvilmembers be hind the heck sections, a stapling device c0 eperatmg alternately W1th each anvil memthe nature disclosed,-

her t0 staple together'one section to the as sembled section. V,

Signed at Los Angeles, California, this 29th day of December,'1920. I v

' 'ELMER EFREY.

Witnesses: i

CLARENCE B. FOSTER, L. BELLE Wna'vnn. 

